So what ARE habitats good for anyway?

All,

I view space colonies as a natural part of commerce and so it would be
something like "Deep Space 9" where people are coming and going using the
space port facilities. Refueling, changing cargo as in a switch yard, etc.
would be vital.
There may be shuttles from the asteroid belt that are not designed for earth
entry/exit, and so they drop-off their cargo for processing and transport.
He3 to earth along with rare earths, and steel/alloys are manufactured into
more space colony/space ship components. Lots of jobs, I would think. Also,
launching space ships to Mars and the asteroid belt would be vital missions
too. Perhaps a magnetic motor could launch space craft so eliminate the
need for booster rockets? If this were done, then the space colony would be
magnet for space craft!

Regards,

Tom

From: "Ian Woollard"
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Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 6:26 PM
Subject: [spacesettlers] So what ARE habitats good for anyway?